README for replication files;
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INITIAL DEPOSIT DATE: 12/04/2023
THIS VERSION: 12/04/2023
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ARTICLE: “Executive Action that Lasts”
AUTHORS: Kenneth Lowande, Poznansky
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Replication code, data, and codebooks needed to reproduce results presented in the study. NOTE: Functions for exporting figures have been excluded. Replication materials for supplementary information, or underlying dataset of executive orders will be provided upon request. Please send requests and report any errors to Lowande; current contact info: lowande@umich.edu
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FILE LIST:
codebook.pdf -- codebook for all variables included in each data file.
figures.R -- replication code that produces all results presented in the main text and supplementary information.
orders.Rda -- executive orders dataset containing the following variables:

"year": year issued, integer         
"revoked_next_term": EO revoked by the end of the following presidential term, binary
"foreign": EO deals with foreign policy, binary           
"war": EO occurred during wartime, binary                 
"election": EO occurred during an election year, before election day, binary           "inflation": annual inflation, numeric         
"admchg": change in party control of the president occurred this year, binary              
"endterm": coded 1 the last year of the presidency, binary             
"trend37": time trend increasing since 1937, integer           
"issuing_divgov": EO issued during divided government, binary      "opposing_next": next term there is a change in the party of the president, binary       
"next_term_divgov": next congress there is divided government, binary    
"immutable": coded as having immutable consequences, binary           
"ceremonial": coded as ceremonial, binary  

